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Does this refer to aisles? Also, what sort of Givens & Druthers have you in mind? (Era, Scale & Gauge, etc.)

OR, build it as small as you can to include the bare minimum of operation you can live with. If it's going to a be a glorified roundy-roundy (nothing wrong with that) then size is only limited by the longest train you'd want to run. If it's more operations centered then can you be happy with a...

Thanks, Ralph. I'll probably do a tutorial thread someday on my stone wall technique. It's really simple and doesn't take forever and I've never seen it elsewhere. It's a variation on the a scenery tip I picked up with my modular club down in SoCal. It doesn't have the fine texture other...

Thanks, tetters! Keep in mind I 'cranked this one out' back in 2004. One of the most productive periods of modeling had to have been that time in between finishing Seminary and my first parish, about a year. We didn't have kids yet and were living with my in-laws, crammed into my wife's old...

Thanks, Josh! The pipe is a little segment of one of those single drinking straws that you stir with. Up here in the NW some of the little coffee huts stick two in your latte through that little oval in the lid. I've never seen that anywhere else and really I don't like it but my wife does...

pics group 3 The stand with the shelves and tanks on top as well as the light pole and stump are from Woodland Scenics. I like their details, but the castings are sometimes tricky to clean up especially if they require assembly. And finally the 'prototype' on the box cover. Note the...

pics group 2 First is a trackside view, then two close-ups on the stairs. I left the roof removable incase the buyer might want to add lighting or detail in the second floor. The stone wall was lightweight spackle, hand 'carved', painted and weathered just like the stone work on my timesaver...

I decided I didn't like the one-piece stair casting that came with the Walther's interlocking tower so I began to think about how I could make individual steps. After some deliberation (scratching from wood or styrene or using CV steps, etc.) a light bulb came on and I decided I'd cut stringers...

Thanks, everybody. I'm working up the next thread now.

Found it! I knew I had a scan of the box top for the original brick structure used in this kitbash...just had to find the file. SO, here 'tis, the Delaney Iron Works: The primary structure is the brick section in the center. I still have to find a use for the large stone structure and the...

Mmmm....looks like a planning and design challenge/exercise waiting to happen! Sketch up some critical dimensions (outlets, heights of window sills, etc.) and post it in the planning forum as a 'contest' to solicit ideas for planning. Potential is exciting.

Dave, Thanks again. I too am waiting to see more of my great modeling! :p It's not hard to sit here at the computer since it is in the house and being stationary is easier on the shingles. I can keep an eye on the kiddo while the wife watches the baby. (No touchee babee as long as I'm...

Dave, sometimes I don't know how I managed to do it either. We were living in a place where our income was dismal...were it not for the fact that we were in a parsonage, well, lets just say we actually qualified for a Habitat for Humanity house (we didn't apply, we just fit the income bracket)...

The base was made in the same way as the Fish Building, lightweight spackle over foam. This building also included a light over the loading dock office door. The dust collector on the side of the building was from Walther's. They sell those separately and it makes a nice detail, IMO, with...

Okay, next one out of the barrel. This one started life as an ERTL structure (later bought by RDA and LL, I think) for the brick building and more Plasticville for the loading dock. The challenges here were the general placement and beveling the corners on the brick structure. Creating the...

Nicely done!

Ditto, give us the dimensions man!

Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yardbirdtrains Ray M has been known to put in an appearance over there as well. You'll find kindred spirits there for making silk purses from sows ears. I say go for it. First get it running well. When I began reworking my Mantua Shifter I first...

Thanks Ralph, & Wayne. I have been inspired over and over here at The Gauge and always want to give something back. Since I haven't been modeling as much as I have wanted to, I figured I'd pull something out of the barrel for now. There's another ebay kitbash waiting in the wings...mebbe I'll...

Gus - indeed, they are hibernating in the plastic tubs and boxes in the garage. I was out rummaging through them today. On the one hand, I feel confident I won't have to set foot in a hobby shop for years and I'd still have plenty to do. :rolleyes: On the other hand, I get a bit depressed...